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Florida

Hi. So I noticed that a good chunk of my chip music library involves skulls and disembodied heads. Why do we love them so much? Do we enjoy tunes more if they're associated with skulls?

Maybe there is something deeper at work here. A primal urge. Could the skull serve as a symbol? A symbol of the human stripped of it's ornamentation... in the same way that our music transcends society's limits? Yes.

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BOSTON

I think they are, like, humankind's official, universally accepted symbol of rebel youths. Seriously, I think every generation in history has used skulls as an totemic emblem of 'danger and/or sexiness'; from tribal war parties to pirates to secret societies to bikers to hot topic. So throwing a skull on an album is just like a shot of "this is more dangerous and/or sexy" to your optic nerve.

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I've downloaded zero chip releases with skulls on, what are you on about?

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Montréal

Bone Shifter

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Sweeeeeeden

Hmm, there are indeed a few chip albums with a skull theme...

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Melbourne, Australia


:3

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Melbtown, Lolstralia

Just putting it out there... I think space as a thematic idea (visually and track names) is used way more than skulls and disembodied heads

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hardcore, Australia

MORE SKULLS.

WE NEED MORE FUCKING SKULLS.

THEY STOP OUR HEADS FROM CAVING IN.

GIVE ME SKULLS OR GIVE ME DEATH.

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hardcore, Australia

http://www.myspace.com/skullcore

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hardcore, Australia







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Turku, FIN

go and buy:
http://chipmusic.org/forums/topic/2479/10k-tshirts/
http://www.radiograffiti.org/skull-tracker-t-shirt/

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Sweeeeeeden

Zombies/undead people/that sort of thing seems to be pretty big too.

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hardcore, Australia

http://chipmusic.org/godinpants/music/skvllkore
FUCKING SKULLKORE

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Florida

~~~`WHERE IS ALL THE DEEP PHILOSOPHICAL DISCUSSION?!?`~~~~

Last edited by Jay Tholen (Feb 14, 2011 12:11 pm)

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hardcore, Australia

Last edited by godinpants (Feb 14, 2011 12:15 pm)

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Melbourne, Australia
Jay Tholen wrote:

~~~`WHERE IS ALL THE DEEP PHILOSOPHICAL DISCUSSION?!?`~~~~

What do you think this is, 8bc?